Philip K. Wrigley
- By 1942, many baseball leagues were closing due to World War II because many men, as young as 18, were being drafted into the army. Because of this Philip K. Wrigley, the inheritor of the Chicago Cubs’ Major Baseball League, decided to open the All-American Girls Softball League in 1943. Ken Sells was the president of the league since he proposed the idea💡to Wrigley. However to make the league more unique and different from softball rules, the board changed the name to All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. During this time, smaller baseball sizes were being made and overhand pitching was being practiced. The rules of the game were established by Jack Sheehan and Vern Hernlund to include components of softball and baseball. The only challenge left for the league was to get women to try out and form teams. They sent scouts and displayed try-out signs📋in many major cities of America 🌇and Canada❄️⛄️. The official training and signing of contracts began on May 17, 1943. Some of the girls on the team were making more than their parents with $45 to $85 per week.💸. Each team had a different uniform. The uniform was a flared skirt, shorts, knee-high socks, and a baseball hat. The first game was on May 30, 1943 and in a regular season from mid-May to early September, there were 108 games. At the end of the season, the team that won the most games became the pennant winner.🌟
- Link: http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/15840/All-American-Girls-Professional-Baseball-League-AAGPBL
